Echelon’s Next Generation Connected Lighting Controller Enables Value-Added Applications for Smart Cities & Smart Enterpris...
October 18 2016 - 10:10AM
Business Wire
The new product extends Echelon’s
multi-application platform enabling high-value safety and comfort
features while providing energy and maintenance cost savings
Echelon Corp. (NASDAQ:ELON) today introduced a breakthrough
product in its expanding multi-application platform for a connected
smart lighting infrastructure. The new CLP 4000 is a
next-generation controller that includes open-standard sensor
inputs. This lets customers integrate Internet of Things
applications that can improve safety and comfort, such as white
tuning, safe adaptive lighting, dynamic traffic analysis and
incident lighting control. The new controller and related central
management system software support Echelon’s strategy to foster
safer and more comfortable cities through connected lighting.
“Combining LEDs with advanced controllers enables outdoor
lighting to play a strategic role in making cities safer, more
comfortable and more efficient,” said Philip Smallwood, Director of
LED & Lighting Research, Strategies Unlimited. “Once a smart
lighting platform is in place, municipal leaders should be able to
easily and cost-effectively collect data in real-time, truly
transforming themselves into smart cities.”
Enabling the Smart City
The CLP 4000 includes faster and smarter power line enabled
communication technology, multiple lighting control options and
native support for advanced sensors. Cities and enterprises can now
deploy a lighting control system that offers the following advanced
capabilities and benefits:
- Energy savings with adaptive dimming of
lights and identification of day burners
- Maintenance efficiencies with
predictive failure notification and lamp type identification
- Safety enhancements such as on-demand
light, call box and crosswalk integration and school crosswalk
flashers
- Comfort and convenience improvements
including white tuning, traffic counting and parking
availability
For example, city officials can integrate dimming and white
tuning capabilities with emergency call box systems to assist first
responders by improving visibility, quickly and dynamically. They
would also have the flexibility to adjust crosswalk and school-zone
flashers on the fly for unscheduled early dismissals.
“This latest product is consistent with our goal of making
outdoor lighting a strategic asset for enterprises and
municipalities,” said Ron Sege, Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer, Echelon. “The Lumewave by Echelon system is currently
controlling school-zone safety flashers in five cities in the
Pacific Northwest. With the CLP 4000 the range of applications we
can support grows dramatically.”
Advanced Controller Technology
Built on advanced integrated power line meshing technology, the
CLP 4000 provides ISO/IEC 14908-1 and -3 compliant, two-way
communication between lamps and segment controllers for reliable,
unobtrusive communications. The optimized performance enables
scheduling, alarming, notifications and remote command and control
at every light point. By providing vital luminaire and power
condition data to the segment controller, city managers can reduce
energy consumption and operating costs. The controller was designed
for use with Echelon’s LumInsight Cloud and Enterprise Central
Management System software for easy installation, reliable
operations and long-term expandability. Facilitating global
adoption, the CLP 4000 supports Digital Addressable Lighting
Interface (DALI), the worldwide standard specified by the
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). Taken together
with the recent release of LumInsight Desktop software, BACnet
gateway, SmartServer 2.2 and Lumewave PL-RF Gateway, Echelon is
demonstrating continued momentum in intelligent, future-proof
lighting systems for smart cities and high-performance
buildings.
Market Traction and Product Availability
With the CLP 4000, customers are able to use their existing
power wiring infrastructure, which has been successfully utilized
by hundreds of cities worldwide using prior generations of Echelon
technology. U.S. and international municipalities have already
realized the benefits of deploying smart city solutions using
Echelon technology including Cambridge, MA; Bellingham, WA; Duluth,
MN; Vadnais Heights, MN; Davis, CA and Bloemfontein, South Africa.
Cambridge is the first U.S. city to complete a city-wide LED
streetlight retrofit using adaptive controls that complies with
Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) RP-8-14 standards for
roadway illumination.
The new controller will be available in Q4 2016, and
valued-added features will roll out throughout 2017.
About Echelon
For 25 years Echelon (NASDAQ:ELON) has pioneered the
development of open-standard networking platforms for
connecting, monitoring and controlling devices in commercial and
industrial applications. With more than 110 million devices
installed worldwide, Echelon’s proven, scalable solutions host a
range of applications enabling customers to reduce energy and
operational costs, improve safety and comfort, and create
efficiencies through optimizing physical systems. Echelon is
focusing today on two IoT (Internet of Things) market areas:
Creating smart cities and smart enterprises through connected
outdoor lighting systems, and enabling device makers to bring
connected products to market faster via a range of IoT-optimized
embedded systems. More information about Echelon can be found
at www.echelon.com.
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